Bowl-support.



W. E. SURFACE.

BOWL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17, 19H).

1,28%, 42., Patented Sept. 11, 1917. I

srarns raster WILLIAM E. SURFACE, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FARIES MANUFACTURING (30., OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOWL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1915. Serial No. 67,306.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. SURFACE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bowl-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are designed to support glass or other bowls used for indirect or semiindirect lighting.

My invention has for its object to provide a support for securing electric light bulb sockets to any part of the bowl support, and has for its further object to provide means whereby the size of the support can be read .ily adjustable to accommodate various sizes of bowls.

My means of accomplishing the foregoing objects may be more readily understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings, which are hereunto annexed and are a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a top orvplan view of my improvement.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the socket holder.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the means for locking the link when it has been adjusted to the desired size.

Fi 4 is a view of a bowl suspended by my improved support, a portion of the bowl being shown in section so as to show the means of attaching the chain to the socket support.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire description.

As shown in the drawings, 5 indicates a bowl. which is supported. by chains 6, the lower link 7 of which passes over the socket support 8, which is mounted upon my adjustable bowl support 9.' This support is preferably formed of flexible material such as round brass wire, and is in the shape of a spiral, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. This has at one end a binding post 11 which is soldered or otherwise securely fastened to one end 12 of the bowl support 9. The other end is mounted and slidable in an opening 18, extending through a binding post 14:, which is mounted upon the outer part of the support 9, there being a passage 15 through said bindin post permitted to slide freely on the bowl support 9. Set screws 16 are provided in the binding post for the purpose of locking the bowl support in the desired position when it has been adjusted in the proper diameter to accommodate the bowl to be hung. The socket connections 8, are preferably formed of flexible material, and are adjustably mounted on the bowl support 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, by means of a set screw 17, the end of the socket support being bent around the bowl support 9, and provided with an opening through which the set screw passes entering the threaded opening 18, in the socket support. This is then bent upwardly into a loop 19, which is adapted to engage the lower link of the chain 6. Any desired number of these socket connectors may be em ployed. As shown they are three in nuinber. It is obvious that there could be four or more, if a larger number of chains was desired to be used. By forming them of flexible material they can be twisted, so as to place the electric light bulbs 20, in any desired position.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that by loosening the set screws 10 in the binding posts 11 and 14 that the inner end 21, of the bowl support 9, can be adjusted with relation to the outer end 12, of the spiral, thus increasing or diminishing the diameter of the bowl support 9 to any desired size. This enables it to be regulated to accommodate not only different size bowls, but the slight irregularities which are present in bowls presumably of the same size. When the right diameter is obtained by locking the set screws 16, upon the end support of the bowl support 9, it is apparent that the bowl support will be fixedly n1ain tained in that position.

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A support for indirect lighting bowls comprising a spiral of flexible material, a binding post secured to one extren'iity of the spiral and having an opening to receive a portion of the spiral, a second binding post having an opening to slidably receive the opposite end of the spiral. and having an opening to slidably receive a portion of the central part of the spiral, adjacent the first mentioned end, whereby the ends of the spiral may be adjusted with relation to each Patented Etept. llll, iltlll't'.

ends extending around a portion of the spiral, and means for clamping said end to the spiral to allow an adjustment of the 13 bracket with relation thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed the foregoing specification.

WILLIAM E. SURFACE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

other, and lamp supporting brackets adjustably held 011 said spiral.

2. A support for indirect lighting bowls comprising a flexible spiral, means carried by the spiral for adjusting one end with relation to the other, light supporting brackets, each of the brackets having one of its 

